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Embassy Apartments
8 Kelvin Drive, Glasgow, G20 8QG, United Kingdom
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Kids Attractions
1.Can please someone advise me if it is wise to take along kids to this place.....would they like it.
2.Besides, what are their attractions which is targeted to children and how many days do I need to stay there for me to be able to see most of the interesting places?
Thank you.
Re: Kids Attractions
Assuming your children are the ones in your PPP, they are not old enough to 'dislike' anywhere really. They'll just enjoy being in a new place with new people and new things to see. So there is no need to worry about that aspect.
There are some things which are targeted at children, both in the city and nearby. Have a look at these links:
http://www.gosomewhere.co.uk/glasgow/kids.html
http://www.travelforkids.com/Funtodo/Scotland/glasgow.htm
How long you need to stay will obviously depend on how many of these places you want to visit.
Re: Kids Attractions
The Glasgow Science Centre is supposed to be excellent - I have never been but people I know who have children and those who have grandchildren thought it was good. I do know it kept the children occupied for ages.
The Falkirk Wheel.
The People's Palace.
The Tenement House - if you explain a little beforehand.
There's a Tall Ship (as usual, can't remember the name) at George V Dock, which is an excellent visit.
Depends on what time of year you are going to be in Glasgow, as some attractions that I could mention are seasonal.
Re: Kids Attractions
Thank you so much.... will inform you if we got there. Cheers...........
Travel Tips for Glasgow
Cones on Statues
Nowhere else in Scotland will you find this except in Glasgow!!!
After a night of pubbling/clubbing, drunk men in groups often challenge each other to lift a street cone, climb one of the many lofty staues in town and place it on the head. Risky business, I won't try it if I were you if you're not a local. Each cone is about 10kg (heavy to keep them on the road cos of strong winds). Statues are really slippery too, especially when it rains almost all the time.
Not only do Glaswegians have to watch their step, they have to be on the constant lookout for the police who can fine them.
Usually most cones are taken down (by law enforcers) 1st thing in the morning, but some somehow remain like this one.
Football @ Hampden Park
Hampden Park is the "home" of Scottish football. The venue for cup finals and most international games.
It is an occasional venue for European cup finals - famously Real Madrid v Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1960s. More recently Real Madrid v Bayer Leverkusen when Zidane scored his wonder goal.
I think my first visit was about 1970 for a cup final (Celtic v Hibs). 113,000 people, mostly standing. In those days it was a slum.
Now it is brand new, and whilst a little "bijou" at 60k capacity, at least it is up to standard.
My last visit was yesterday (5-9-9) for a world cup qualifier - Scotland v Macedonia. A "must win" game for both teams, full house and fantastic atmosphere. Plus we had "top" seats in the most expensive section. To top it all, Scotland won! The trip was really to benefit my 15 y-o son, who had never been to a Scotland game before.
The stadium is owned by Queens Park FC - an amateur team which plays in the pro leagues. My dad played for them in the 1940s. Wet weather gear - it is always raining in Glasgow.
Patience - you will queue up at Central Station for the train to Mount Florida and again for the return trip.
Sense of humour - crowds for international games are good natured and friendly, but you will come across the occasional supporter who has had to much to drink and should have been denied entry.
Common sense - you are still in a football crowd, and trouble can happen. Be aware, get out of the way, and keep your mouth shut if need be.
Lochness!
You could technically pack in a day trip to Lochness from Glasgow, though it would best be a separate leg of your trip in itself ideally.. Its less than 200 miles away- up north. You`ll need to leave early in the morning - drive thru the amazing scottish countryside- the lochs and the highlands, via the picturesque Fort William, with Ben Nevis (Britains highest peak) in the vicinity and then onto Lochness, for some monster hunting!
However, it leaves you with little time to see the region, which is what happened with us when we travelled. Also the road gets a bit narrow as you travel further north...
The craziest club I've been to!
OK, I'll admit right away that I don't usually "Live on the dge" when it comes to clubbing, so this statement might not be very correct to YOU, but: this was the craziest (and one of the funnier) clubs I've ever been to!
The Cathouse is a two story nightclub, wgich my Glasgowian friend had described as a metal-place before going there, and well....maybe it was, but not THAT hard. Well, the upper floor is certainly harder than the lower floor, but still toatally managable for someone like my who isn't at all a goth rocker, and almost not a hard rocker at all.
I liked the lower floor a little better though. They play all kinds of harder rock there. Don't expect to hear and slow dances or anything, you're in for a training excercise!
One thing me and Ronny (me friend from work) thought to notice however was that the girls in the place all seemd rather young (like 18-23 or something), while the men we're in all aged (up to around 35-40).
And do remember to wear light clothes, as the place is so hot and sweaty that anything more than a one-layer outfit will possible kill you...
Go there! You'll definately have a blast!
The admission fee was £6 I think when we were there, which was a saturday. And we didn't get home until 4 AM so we had a great time! ANYTHING. We saw goth rockers in leather coats and body piercings, girls in very (VERY!) short skirt and some kind of strange bras/tops, men in jeans and t-shirt (that's we're we fit in!), old school hard-rockers in jeans vests etc etc etc.
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